OLD PHILLIPS Bicycle – By Danny Damar Swasonodjati +628161122890 

Product of Phillips bicycles started in 1892, based in Smethwick, Birmingham, England. By 1950 it was producing over 1 million bicycles a year. Phillips was exporting bicycles from early in its life. With its “Renowned the world over” claim on it’s logo, the name was registered in 144 different countries. Today Phillips is still an international bicycle and electric bicycle brand.  

Phillips Cycles Ltd. was a British bicycle manufacturer based in Smethwick near Birmingham, England. Its history began early in the 20th century and ended in the 1980s by which time it had become part of Raleigh Industries, itself a part of the Tube Investments group. For a number of years, the company was the second‐largest bicycle producer in Britain, after Raleigh. The company motto, which was carried on all its badges, was "Renowned the World Over". The "Phillips" brand is still used around the world, especially in China and the Far East, having been licensed by Raleigh. 

Products 

The company produced millions of bicycles, many of which were exported, and also manufactured several mopeds. These mopeds included the 'Panda' and 'Gadabout' models. The earliest of these machines (circa 1958 to 1962) were all produced in the United Kingdom except for the German 'Rex' engines but later models (Panda Mk 3 and Gadabout) were licensed versions of the Mobylette moped made by Motobécane of France. 

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The Phillips Gadabout was one of a number of mopeds produced in the early 1960s by Phillips Cycles of 

Birmingham, England. The Gadabout was the more expensive model, boasting two‐speed manual transmission 

and telescopic front fork suspension. The Gadabout had a pressed‐steel frame, not unlike the German NSU 

Quickly whereas the more basic Phillips Panda , had a tubular bicycle‐style frame. After Phillips Cycles became 

part of the Raleigh Industries/Tube Investments group, the Gadabout became a French Mótobecane 

Mobylette badged as a Phillips. 

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Gent's Roadster Phillips Type Bicycle

FRAME 22"/ 24" (55/60 cms.), brazed up lugs & B.B. Shell.

FRONT FORK Box crown & BCP cover.

RIMS 28"x1.5", 32x40 holes westwood pattern.

HUBS Thick Barrel 32x40 holes.

CHAIN WHEEL & CRANKS

1/2"x1/8"x44 teethx7" cranks (single cut).

HANDLE BAR Raised pattern, side pull type. .

BRAKES Side pull, phillips type

PEDALS 4" fine diamond rubbers.

ACCESSORIES ON REQUEST

Stand, bell, luggage carrier, pump & tool bag with tools.

COLOURS Black or green enamelled or red, blue & green flamebouyant colours.

PACKING Six bicycles in a sea-worthy wooden case in CKD condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guest Roadster: Phillips Yes, there are British bikes in China. Some of them are old and used and some of them are nicely restored. I would have to say that this particular Phillips has been OVER restored...but nicely so.

 First off, Let's check out the details. We can see that it has what seems to be a Bosch headlamp with 

a pass through in the lamp mounting for the brake rods. It could also be Lucas. I think it is mounted 

upside down, but I'm not going to ding the owner for that. Bosch stuff is hard to come by in China. 

 

Now we can see the lamp is not actually hooked up yet. Does it even have a dynamo? Yes, indeed it 

has quite the dynamo complete with a chromed back plate. 

 You can also note in the above picture that the Westwood rims are DEEPLY chromed and the front axle is a very heavy duty cylinder with a grease fitting. Below, You can see the rear lighting consists of two Lucas lights. You can also see a little bit of what I mean "Over-Restoration": All of the chrome attachments are accented with brass, as are the mountings for the lights. Nicely done. You can also see that it is fitted with a Japanese Koba sidestand and a circle lock.

  What about the logo? Well it is most prominent on lustrously chromed chainwheel. 

 

  Of course the bright brass logo shines on opposite ends of the bike. The rear of the bike also has the 

almost‐standard‐issue Hopmi Dutch rack. 

 As a side note, Phillips bikes are now made in China. But more about that in another post!